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THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF HEARST HIGH SCHOOL

A PHOTO ESSAY by Ernie Bies Updated June 10, 2020

The Hearst High School began a tradition of crowning a King and Queen in 1951,

the year the new school building was opened. Winners were chosen by popular

vote by the entire student population. Emmanuel Charbonneau presided over the

first ceremony crowning them with paper crowns. Olga Bies and André Gagné

were the first Queen and King.

Elaborate new crowns were made in 1953, modeled after those used in the 1953

coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Annie Bies and Vola Guty were voted most

popular that year and were to keep the crowns but gave them back so they could be

used every year after that until the practice of naming Queens and Kings was

ended in 1964.

The Queen’s crown was also used to crown Clemence Ruel as Miss Lumberking

(Fastball) in 1962, with Maggie Timmerman and Mariette Carrier attending.

Photos and info courtesy of: Olga Bies Stevenson, Anne Bies Siska, Ernie Bies, Vola Guty, Alida Leroux

Martin, Mai Rasinpera Wood, Miriam Rasinpera Oben, Alice Lapointe Callewaert, Nellie Campeau

Levesque, Elena Bosnick Petrcich, George Bosnick, Claude Brochu, Andre Payeur. Jane Ard Boucher,

Mary Duff, Judy Halme Tanguay, Ingrid Dahlin Anderson, Clayton’s Kids, Alan Jansson’s Old Hearst

photo albums. History from Hearst High School website.

Please send corrections and any additional info to erniebies@rogers.com

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List of Hearst High School Kings and Queens

YEAR KING QUEEN

1950/51 André Gagné Olga Bies

1951/52 Steve Thomas ? ??????? Unable to confirm

1952/53 Vola Guty Annie Bies

1953/54 Gérard Cloutier Mary Kawa

1954/55 Gaston Grondin Jeanne d’Arc Lapointe

1955/56 Donald Blouin Mai Rasinpera

1956/57 Rudy Bies Nellie Campeau

1957/58 Frédelin Leroux Helen (Elena) Bosnick

1958/59 Yvon Brochu Claudette Bégin

1959/60 André Campeau Mariette Carrier

1960/61 Ross Reed Louise Larose

1961/62 George Bosnick Cécile Campeau

1962/63 Gilles Turbide Miriam Rasinpera.

1963/64 Ronald Levesque Judy Halme

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History of Our School (from the HHS website)

From 1942 to 1968, Hearst High School was the only public high school in Hearst. There were 4 classrooms on the first floor, and a gymnasium and 2 classrooms in the basement (this is the middle section of what is now École secondaire catholique de Hearst, on 10th st.). In 1964, a science classroom and an additional classroom were added to the South end of the building.

In 1968, the government amended the Education Act to allow French language schools. Another addition was built to accommodate the community’s francophone students, and the school becomes École secondaire Hearst High School.

In 1987, the government allows catholic high schools, and in 1988 a liaison committee is created, equally represented by 4 representatives from the Hearst Board of Education and the Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques du district de Hearst, to continue offering a community high school. This also marks the beginning of having 2 different principals at the school, one for Hearst High School and one for École secondaire de Hearst.

In 1997, Clayton Brown Public School and Hearst High School now have one principal who looks after both schools, which are across the street from each other.

In 1998, school boards are amalgamated in Ontario. Hearst High School becomes part of District School Board Ontario North East (DSB1) and l’École secondaire de Hearst is now part of the Conseil scolaire catholique du district des Grandes Rivières (CSCDGR).

In 2001, a community vision forum was held to ask the community for input into the future of Hearst High School and English Language education in Hearst. One of the proposals was to create a JK-12 school for English-language students in order to ensure that the English-Language community remains in control of its choices for its students. The results from the community forum suggested that such a model encourages a sense of pride, ownership and belonging.

In 2004, a new school was built in Constance Lake, and First Nations students living on the reserve now attend the Mamawmatawa Holistic Education Center. Laurent Vaillancourt provided the following information regarding other high schools in Hearst: “There were also private schools that offered a high school curriculum, namely

the Académie St-Joseph a private girl’s school, circa 1958 - 1968 and the Séminaire/Collège de Hearst a private school for boys from 1954 -1969. The latter became l'Université de Hearst, first as Collège de Hearst, then in 1972 as Collège universitaire de Hearst and of 1997 as Université de Hearst.”

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A short history of Hearst High School in Pictures.

1950-51 Queen Olga Bies King André Gagné (Grade 11)

Claire Terry Francoise Gisèle Viljo

Fortin Larstone Roger Tremblay Martin

Terry “Peewee” Larstone was president of the students council and a star member

of the NOHA champion Hearst Lumberkings hockey team.

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1951-52 Queen King Steve Thomas (from grade 11 class)

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1952 GRADUATES

Ann Bosnick

Elsie Larson

Nida Guty

Christina Loucks

Andre Gagné

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1952-53 Queen Annie Bies King Vola Guty

Class of 1953:

Annie Bies,

Vola Guty,

Steve Thomas,

Albert Coté,

Real Veilleux

Vola Guty

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1953-54 Queen Mary Kawa

King Gérard Cloutier

Class of 1954 Miss Stella Tonoff’s Class

Back Row:

Ted Bosnick,

Gerry Cloutier,

Sam Bosnick,

Wayne Larstone, John

Bies.

Front Row:

Monique Payeur, Adeline

Lemaire, Mary Kawa,

Miss Tonoff,

Marlene Achilles, Helen

Lemaire, Peggy Ellis

Back Row

John, Sam, Ted,

Wayne, Gerry

Front Row

Marlene, Peggy,

Mary, Adeline,

Monique

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1954 STUDENT COUNCIL AND STAFF

1954-55 Queen Jeanne d’Arc Lapointe King Gaston Grondin

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Class of 1955

Back Row: Alve Johnson, Monique

Proulx, Gaston Grondin

Front Row: Louisette Proulx, Rita

Cloutier, Lucienne Castonguay

Jeanne d’Arc Lapointe

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Teachers: Miss Annette Charbonneau,

Miss Wanda Fliss, Mr. Jean-Jacques

Lavoie, Principal Emmanuel

Charbonneau

Charb Fliss

1954-55 STUDENT COUNCIL

Back row: Emanuel Joanis; Toini Jansson; Judi Larson; Bobby Gelineau;

Rita Cloutier;

Rita Levesque;

Jean Pierre

Roger

Front Row:

Jeanne d’Arc

Lapointe

(Treasurer);

Donald Blouin

(Vice Pres.);

Lucienne

Castonguay

(Pres.); Mae

Rasinpera

(Secretary);

Gaston Grondin

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HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR 1955

Back row: left to right 1st- Lucille Riopel, Fleur-Ange Proulx, Jocelyn Blouin, Bill Bosnick, Martial Veilleux, Yvon Brochu, Mae Rasinpera, Jeanne d’Arc Lapointe 2nd- Blandine Camiré, Monique Proulx, Armand Girard, Ronald Blouin, Léopold Girard, Judy Larson, Aini Martin 3rd- Peggy Wade, Françoise Richard, Frèdelin Leroux, Aimé Chevrier, Monique Lessard, ? Picard 4th- Marlene Cooney, Yvette Brochu, Rita Levesque, Rita Cloutier, Hilda Charles, Rachelle Vandette, Lucienne Castonguay 5th- Rose Goudreau, Monique Camiré, Claire Leroux, Ronalda Lapointe, Elena Bosnick, Lisette Morin, Stella Terefenko

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1955-56 Queen Mae Rasinpera King Donald Blouin

Class of 1956

Left to right:

Donald Blouin, Monique Girard, Mae Rasinpera, Alida Leroux, Julien Proulx

Jacqueline Proulx, Rita Levesque, Françoise Richard, Jean-Pierre Roger.

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1956-57 Queen Nellie Campeau

King Rudy Bies

Class of 1957:

Nellie Campeau,

Aini Martin,

Claire Leroux,

Rudy Bies,

Rachel Vandette,

Peggy Wade,

Kerttu Kari

Aini

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1957-58 Queen Elena Bosnick King Frèdelin Leroux

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Class of 1958:

Danny Giecko, Sheila Flesher, Gilles Brunet, Stanley Flesher, Elena Bosnick, and Frèdelin

Leroux.

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1958-59 Queen Claudette Bégin King Yvon Brochu

Note Crowns have been switched. Harvey

West doing the honours.

Photos, clockwise: Dorothy Girard, Margot

Chisholm, Ray Wilson, Mario Barrette

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1959-60 Queen Mariette Carrier King André Campeau

Gaston Jacques,

André Morin, Lee

Larstone, Robert

Leger, Maurice

Tanguay, Jean

DesLauriers,

André Campeau,

Mariette Carrier,

_____,Colette

Trudel, Sandré

Leblanc, Clémence

Ruel, Martha Bies

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1960, George Bosnick and

Ernie Bies receiving Grade

10 diplomas from Principal

Robert McKinlay

1958-59 WINTER CARNIVAL SNOW SCULPTURES

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1960-61 Queen Louise Larose King Ross Reed

Photo above: Rod Stewart, Andre Payeur, Emile

Guy, Gail Bowers, Principal Robert McKinley,

King Ross and Queen Louise

Class of 1961:

Yves Larose, Ross Reed,

Rod Stewart, Jean Martin,

Robert Wilson, Louise

Larose, Andre Payeur, Julien

Proulx, Jean Marie Nadeau,

Simeon Callewaert.

Andre Robert Rod Jean Marie

Payeur Wilson Stewart Nadeau

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1961-62 Queen Cécile Campeau King George Bosnick

Teachers: left to right, John Willan, Jean Gagné`s hands,

Fritz Stiller, Robert Labrosse, Principal Emmanuel Charbonneau

QUAERE

ET

DISCE

TO SEEK

AND

LEARN

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1962-63 Queen Miriam Rasinpera King Gilles Turbide

Class of 1963: left to right: Wayne Lahtinen, Lise Carrier, Lorraine Kurki, Miriam

Rasinpera, Helen Campeau, Suzanne Blanchard, Lisette Veilleux, Annie Horchak,

Gilles Turbide

Above Right (right to left) Wayne Lahtinen, Suzanne Blanchard, Lisette Veilleux, Annie Horchak, Miriam

Rasinpera, Lorraine Kurki, Helen Campeau, Lise Carrier, Gilles Turbide.

Suzanne Blanchard Helen Campeau Lise Carrier Annie Horchak

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Lorraine Kurki Wayne Lahtinen Miriam Rasinpera Gilles Turbide

Lisette Veilleux

Right: the ladies only:

Lorraine, Miriam, Lise,

Helen, Annie, Suzanne,

Lisette

1962 CHEERLEADERS

Lise Carrier

Lisette Veilleux

Judi Chalykoff

Miriam Rasinpera

Annie Horchak

Jane Ard

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1963-64 Queen Judy Halme King Ronald Levesque

CLASS OF 1964: Gerald Bolduc, Judi Chalykoff, Ronald Levesque, Judy Halme, Alice Dupont, Brian Turner, Eeva Maki, Leo Boisvert, Ingrid Dahlin, Stella Flesher, Paul Gagné, Claude Richard, Noel Richard.

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1966 Group of HHS grads visiting Rev. Bill and Mary Duff in Toronto.

Back Row: Gerald Bolduc. Judi Chalykoff, Greg Trowsse, Bonnie Egginton, Ernie Bies, Brian Turner,

Patsy Bolduc, Rev. Bill Duff.

Front Row: Eeva Maki, Anita Miller, Florence Turner, Miriam Rasinpera, and Julie Egginton.

1962 Miss Lumberking

From Alan Jansson’s Old Hearst

Photo Albums

Photo dated 1962 and courtesy of

Maggie Hebert (Timmermans).

pictured is the crowning of Miss

Lumberking....pictured from L-R;

Mayor Leo and Nora Boulley,

Maggie Timmermans, Clemence

Ruel (Lafleur) queen, and Mariette Carrier. This was a fundraising event for the

Hearst Lumberkings Fastball team.